This curious Tudor-era castle was once home to Napoleon's greatest adversary, the Duke of Wellington.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.

This memorial honors the first British soldier killed by enemy action on home soil during World War I.

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

A popular day's outing in Bovington consists of watching military tank driving practice.

A whimsical cottage from the 1300s with a preserved Victorian-era post office inside.

The geoglyph once sported a glass bottle eye.

A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.